Category: Airlines

Singapore Airlines has announced it is increasing its fuel surcharge by between US$3 and US$25 per sector across its network, its first fuel surcharge increase since June 2008. The airline says the surcharge, made necessary by jet fuel prices of over US$95 per barrel, “will offer only partial relief from the higher operating costs arising

Emirates has confirmed it will resume its recently suspended third daily Dubai-Sydney service in 2011, with services to resume from October 2 operated by Boeing 777-300ERs. Emirates suspended its third daily service, with was operated by Boeing 777-200LRs, last month as part of a reorganisation and reprioritisation of its aircraft and resources. This content is

International passenger numbers into and out of Australia grew by 10.8 per cent in September compared to September 2009, new figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) show, a continuation of the strong growth trend of recent months. In total 2.313 million passengers flew in and out of Australia on scheduled

The repair bill for Qantas’s A380 VH-OQA which suffered an uncontained engine failure near Singapore on November 4 is likely to approach US$70m (A$72.7m), according to an insurance company. In a monthly industry update, US based Aon Corp says damage caused by the failure “has been valued at just under $US70 million as a result